Eye guard and shield for spectacles.



No. 893,972. PATBNTEDJULY 21', 190s.

w. c. BAYLBss.

EYB GUARD ANDISHIELD FOR SPECTACLES.

Arrmoulox FILED lov. 21; 1901.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE..

WILLIAM CHARLES BAYLESS, OF JEFFERSON CITY, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO L. M. KING, OF BANDRIDGE, TENNESSEE.

EYE GUARD .AND SHIELD FOR 'SPECTACLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908. A

f- Beit known that I, WILLIAM CHARLES BAY- LEss, a citizen of theited States, and a resident of Jefferson Cit in the county of Jefferson andState of ennessee, have invented a new and Improved Eye Guard and Shield for Spectacles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an eye shield and guard that may be readilyattached to and .removed from spectacles,'either.to lrotect an. inflamed eye, or serve as a shiel for a blind optic or one .that `is disfigured or re-` moved; and has-for its obfiectto rovide no vel details' 'of construction for-a evice of the character indicated, which may be quickly attached to the rimof a spectacle frame that supports a lens for spectacles, ,be readily removed therefrom, and when in vposition afford a lateral guard for the eye, or if desired a non-transparent or colored disk'for covering the eye, and coacting with the lateral'guard to screen it from the light when hereinafter described and define necessary and also to cold or windn The invention'consists .in 'the novel construction and combination of. arts, as is d in the appro'tect it from dust,

pended claims.

l.Reference 1s to be had to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specifica- 1 tion, which similar characters ofreference '.fjthereon; Fig. 2`is'a detached side viewof f-"a' novel spring clamp that is a detail of. the

indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 isa persplective view showing a pair ofspectacles and t e improvement mountedv "invention, Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the improvement, substanf. 'of any power to suit t tially on the line'3-3 in Fig. l; and Figllll is aside vview of the improved lateral guard flattened out to sh l its marginalform. l v The improved e e protector. may beprovided for either lens of spectacles', or both -Ilepses, as may be required, and may be used in conjunction with splectacles having lenses.

i weari .the glasses. 2

" l in di l drawings, the improvements are 'shown as. constructed foruse to protect the f, L 1 apar of' spectacles is of dinary'style, in -,wh1ch' 5 represents the Y lenses, the rimsjspacedj-apartjbyjthe'bow' .oval guard piece 9 is so proportioned, that it A engagement with` a corresponding rim (the spectacles where'on the device 1s tobe dethe hooks, 'e'u'pon the resilient bod e vision of the person. l

- endso -sa1d partsv or sections, then lappmg piece 7 that rests on the nose when lthe glasses are worn, and 8 are the tem les for olding them in A.position for use. he lateral guard 9 maybe formed of leather, rubber, cloth, or othersuitable material, and its originally flat body is marginally shaped as shown in Fig. 4, havingl sufficient length' to adapt it for encircling t e rim 6 of the spec-l tacles wherein the lens 5 is secured. As represented, one side edge a of the guard 9 is straight and the opposite edge is undulating, having a central curvature at b that defines the point of greatest` width of the guard piece. From the edge is slo ed toward each end of the guardpieceand s ightly concaved as at b. A spring clamping ring 10, formed ofthin resilient Wire, 1s' g1ven oval form and is of such relative dimensions that when applied it will havecontact with Vthe rim 6 and margin of the lens 5 where itis gripped by the rim. The material forming' the ateral guard 9 is bent into oval germ, having the ends thereof. lapped upon each other and secured togetherf-` The slze of the will'h'ave about equal dimension in the op`en` ing it`deines with that of the clamping ring 10, so that'they .Willconform one with the other when the clamping ring is seated upon the Straight edge a, and thereto secured. by anyl referred means which will be available urpose, this being determined by the materia o which the guard piece 9 is constructed; y Upon the resilient ring 10, four rigid hooks c aresecured,'thesehooks'being t oppositely disposed in pairs, .two on the normallyupper portion o the ring, and two on the lowery art thereof, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2,. T e hooks c all trend forwardly, two

downwardly and two upwardly', and are ofV 95 an 'equal sizewhich adapts them for a hoqkec;

tachably mounted. One method-of forming ring 10, consists inv constructin sai ring in' .two ual parts,'.forming the ooks' on the the end portions together and soldering sai lapped portions, thus j oimng the sectlons and rprojecting the hooks at the same side of the ring., `The lateral guard piece 9 is so relatively: constructed and arranged,`that when placed jupon" therim of the spectacles the curved andl widestportionv b of said guard 4! ofthe J piecepwill be located adjacent to the temple 8 that is nearest the rim 6 and lens therein, as shown in Fig. 1. i Ifthe/device is to be employed for ro'tection of the eye or eyes from dust, co d and l Wind, the lateral .guard vwhich has been de-' scribed, may befemployed as an attachment for the lenses of the spectacles, as it, or theyv will be fitted closely upon thelesh around 10 the eye socket or sockets and exclude the ele'- ments.

The invention further embodiesl a lens screen 1,1, that may be usedsingly or in du,- 'plicate for covering one or 'both lenses of the spectacles. The screen 1v1 is formed of cellu- 'loid or other available material, -and in d imensions and marginal shape` is the counterpart of the glass lens, but 1s quite thin, and

l rendered` opaque or nearly so, land may be colored green or other tint as may bevpreferred.

The lens screen 11, as its naine indicates, is designed to obscurel light that ma pass through the transparent lens, and to tii ing hooks c, so as to be impinged at its edge lu on. the clampin ,ring 1() at its front face. e thickness of t e lens screen such that it will permit the hooked .'attachment of the clamping ring l() upon the rim, and thus secure thelens screen in position for service atithe side of the lensnearest 'to the eye of the wearer of the spectacles. t l The lens screen is of service toprotect a diseased eye or eyes, .that dare'not be ex'- osed to light rays, aslthe opaque or transucent screen disk will obviously effect such protection. (It will also .be noted that -a lind, deformed, or"repulsive llooking eye, '40 ma be concealed, as well as an empty eye soc et, if the lens screen is worn.

It is obvious that the lens screen or screens if they are used in duplicate, ma be readily detached, and the lateral guar or guards worn, or the complete attachment may be quickly removed when this is desired. Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by- Letters Patent,-' y

59 1v. Thel combination with a spectacle is end 25 is itted'into the space defined by the clampguard and for securing the'guard and shield frame, having an oval rim, and a transparent lens heldtherein, of a thin translucent lensshield of similar contour and area with the lens and on thev inner. side thereof, and a resilient wire clamping ring -having hooks thereon which rst receive the edge ofthe shield and then .engage the rim of' the specl.tacle frame, whereby the lens shield is revmovably clamped upon a side of the lens inside the rim.

2. In a device of the character described, the pair of clamping rings each formed of two pieces of resilient wire, bent into looped form and la ped at and near their ends-and then secure together Where they are lapped, endsv of said loopedwires being formed into hooks that are all bent outward from the wire rings.

3, The combination with a pair of spectacles, of a guard koval in shape and provided at one end with a resilient ringv ot similar shape and having a plurality of hooksI engaging a lens frame to hold the guard thereto,- and a thin oval lens shield of translucent material4 and separate from the guard, said shield being arranged between the lens frame and the ring of the guard with the hooks 40f the guard extending over its edge and holdj ing it in position. i

4. An eye -guard and shield, comprising a guard oval 'in shape, a resilient ringl corresponding in shape tothatof the guard and secured to one end of the same, said ring b e .ing provided with a plurality of hooks for engaging a lens frame to secure the guard there. \to 'an a thin oval lens shield'of translucent shield itting against the ring of the guard within the space defined by the hooks and held in position by said hooks, whereby provision is made for holding the shield on the to a spectacle frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specijication in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM CHARLES' BirLEss.

Witnesses:

J. B. HUFF, A. I. GODWIN; y

material and separate from-the-guard, said 

